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Penn State scientists take second place in NASA software competition

Zi-Kui Liu, distinguished professor of materials science and engineering, and Brandon Bocklund, a graduate student at Penn State, were part of a small team that placed in the annual NASA Software of the Year competition.  IMAGE: DAVID KUBAREK

A team of researchers from Penn State and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) developed software that’s being used by engineers and scientists around the world to make advances in materials modeling, space technology development and data science.